ESCAPE FROM BLINDNESS!
READ: John 8:12-26
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. :- Matthew 15:14
Spiritual blindness is a major cause of barrenness. Why is that? Spiritually blind people cannot see heaven and hell and therefore they are not motivated to do anything for eternity. In their blindness, they see nothing, even though heaven and hell are real. Many people who stand in a pulpit are spiritually blind and that is why they do not talk anymore about heaven and hell. The rich man went to hell and Lazarus went to Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16:19-26). These places are real, whether you believe in them or not. Anyone who does not talk about heaven and hell is spiritually blind. Spiritually blind people are completely oblivious of many realities. They cannot see eternity and they cannot also see their own state.
Spiritual blindness is the most dangerous spiritual condition that affects religious people. This is why many religious people are barren in the ministry. People who have been servants of God for some time are often affected by spiritual blindness. Most religious people in Jesus’ time were spiritually blind. Jesus referred to them as blind ministers. In the twenty-third chapter of Matthew, Jesus described the Pharisees as being blind.
Woe unto you, YE BLIND GUIDES, which say, whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! YE FOOLS AND BLIND: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew 23:16-17
Once you have been a Christian for a long time, you are a candidate for spiritual blindness. Because this is such a serious condition, it is important to be able to define it and identify it when it is developing. Just as spiritual blindness enveloped the Pharisees, spiritual blindness envelopes long-standing Christians, ministers and churches.